THE MANHATTAN PROJECT (1986 USA)

Ben Meyers’ rating: 3.3|5.0 Stars ììì

The Manhattan Project—an interesting film—features John Lithgow as one of the actors. The story’s line seems a little improbable, but it’s a clean story.

Storyline

Paul Stephens (Christopher Collet) and his girlfriend, Jenny Anderman (Cynthia Nixon), work up a plan to take plutonium from a secret lab, make a bomb, and show it at the New York Science Fair. Dr. John Matthewson (John Lithgow) finds the missing plutonium and knows Paul has to be the thief because he had access to the laboratory.

Additional Thanks

Thank you to Director and Producer Marshall Brickman for his efforts in directing this film. Thank you to Producers Marshall Brickman, Jennifer Ogden, and Bruce McNall for making the film possible. Additional characters/cast include: Government Aide (Richard Council), Government Aide (Robert Schenkkan), General (Paul Austin), Scientist (Adrian Sparks), Scientist (Curt Dempster), Lab Assistant (Bran Ferren), Elizabeth Stephens (Jill Eikenberry), Science Teacher (Gregg Edelman), Roland (Abraham Unger), Max (Robert Sean Leonard), and Tennis (David Quinn).

Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?

Maybe. It’s a pleasure to see John Lithgow in film before he was in Harry and the Hendersons.

Ben Meyers